Van Halen - Hard Rock or Heavy Metal

I would agree they were the heavy metal of their day. They sure inspired the whole 80's LA scene. (which was IMO the best music scene EVER)

And when I posted above about metal evolving for the past 30 or so years, I should have said 40.

Required Fields wrote:

I am definitely not trying to insist Korn is metal, either, by the way, as they aren't.

Actually, they are.

Eyesore wrote:

Required Fields wrote:

I am definitely not trying to insist Korn is metal, either, by the way, as they aren't.

Actually, they are.

Nope. Wrong there.

Also, if one of the two bands are metal (Korn and Van Halen), it's definitely Van Halen. Without a doubt, due to the solos alone.

However, if Korn have ever done a metal song, one could prove me wrong (assuming it's one of their "album tracks"...I've heard a couple of albums in their entirety, plus the singles and a few assorted tracks off of the others). I have never heard a single song by Korn I would call "metal", although I have read their demos were heavier and more aggressive than any album they ever recorded.

THIS DISCUSSION HAS BEEN CONTINUED IN THE "1970's American Heavy Metal Thread.

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